SABATTUS – The road commissioner told selectmen this week that he believes the town wasted taxpayer money on a medium-grade paving mix for Furbush Road.
“I feel like we just threw $3,000 away,” Road Commissioner James Wood said. His concern was that the mix, which has half-inch stones, is used for parking lots and roads. Furbush Road was nothing more than a maintenance project for which the town should have used a less-expensive mix, he said.
Selectmen argued that Furbush is a new road and that the town used the appropriate mix for new roads, according to a state ordinance.
“I was told this (mix) would last longer,” Selectman Gino Camardese said. “There are about 150 big trucks going up and down that road every day.”
In other business, people who live on Williams Road were granted a wish when selectmen agreed to post “No Thru Way” and “Dead End” signs to keep drivers from using the private right of way.
Andrew and Karen Holbrook of Williams Road said vehicles are using their private access road as a connector to get from Bens Hill Road to the intersection of Maxwell and Marsh roads.
“We’ve posted numerous signs and have even talked to the drivers,” Andrew Holbrook said. “I even moved boulders there once and they came out with vehicles and moved them.”
Selectmen initially had reservations about whether they should spend taxpayer money for official town signs for a private road.
Because the signs are being placed on the city’s portion of the road, selectmen voted 4-0, with one abstention, to pay for the two 24-inch signs.
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